Ol Onal
The Ol Onal is a writing script for Bhumij (भूमिज).[1] Ol Onal script was created between 1981 and 1992 by Ol Guru Mahendra Nath Sardar. Ol Onal script is used to write Bhumij language in some parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa, and Assam.[2][3]
| Ol Onal script | |
|---|---|
 Bhumij written in Ol Onal script | |
| Script type | |
| Creator | Mahendra Nath Sardar |
Time period | 1981 to current |
| Direction | Left to Right |
| Region | Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam (India) |
| Languages | Bhumij language[a] |
| Related scripts | |
Sister systems | Santali script, Mundari Bani Others: Odia script, Devnagari script, Bengali Script |
[a] The Bhumij language often considered as a dialect of Mundari language. | |
Language
Bhumij is the language of the Munda subfamily of the Austroasiatic languages, related to Ho, Mundari and Santali, spoken mainly in the Indian states Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. It is spoken by around 100,000 people in India.[4]
See also
References
- "Ol Onal". Omniglot.
- "Non-Scheduled Indian Languages Resources".
- "Tribals demand official status for Bhumij language". Times of India. 17 March 2016.
- "Bhumij language and alphabet". omniglot.com. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
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